Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Quote by Ayn Rand

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In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you...

In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you...

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background,...

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background,...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent...

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent...

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre...

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man...

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man...

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the...

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.

God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose,...

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose,...

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings....

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings....